Unaware of Safran's death, Walter Day, an arcade referee who headed Twin Galaxies (the official arcade scoreboard of the world, operating in Fairfield, Iowa) attempted to track down Safran in 1998 following the re-release of Asteroids. Day could not locate Safran, and asked newspapers and radios to ask people to help find him. Day personally offered a thousand dollars to whoever could locate Safran. Eventually, in April 2002, Day made contact with Safran's family and learned of Scott's death. In May 2002, a posthumous award ceremony was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to honor him.